Tag: international

• Wednesday, April 28th 2010 - 01:09 UTC

  Unemployment in Spain Soars to 20.05%; 4.61 Million Jobless

  

  Spain's jobless rate has risen past 20% for the first time in 13 years, according to figures made public by the National Statistics Institute (INE) on Tuesday. Unemployment rate was 20.05% in the first quarter of this year, up from 18.83% in the last quarter of 2009.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 23:39 UTC

  “Boobquake” Day Shakes Taiwan and South Sandwich Islands

  

  If a senior Iranian cleric is to be believed, the 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan was a boobquake, not an earthquake. Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi warned last week that “women, who do not dress modestly... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which [consequently] increases earthquakes”.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 22:38 UTC

  Chilean Conservation Groups Reject Whaling Commission Latest Proposals

  

  A new proposal announced last week by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) would allow the killing of a number of whales in the Antarctic Ocean off the coast of Chile and has Chilean environmental groups upset.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 19:35 UTC

  British BAE Systems First non-US Arms Company to Lead SIPRI’s Top 100 List

  

  With arms sales reaching 32.4 billion in 2008, BAE Systems is the first non-US company to lead SIPRI's Top 100 list of the largest arms-producing companies.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 05:51 UTC

  Former Royal Navy Falklands’ Patrols Sold to Bangladesh

  

  Two former Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels built by Hall Russell in Aberdeen and which for years were on Falkland Islands service have been sold to Bangladesh's navy.